word-vault/dist/data/cards/al/always.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "always",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "at all times; on every occasion",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There's **almost always** somebody at home in the evenings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Always lock your car."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She always arrives at 7.30."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children always seem to be hungry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Success seems always to be out of reach."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your ideas are **always welcome**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's not always easy to do the right thing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're not always this busy!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "for a long time; since you can remember",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Pat has always loved gardening."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is the way we've always done it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This painting is very good—Ellie always was very good at art *(= so it is not very surprising)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Did you always want to be an actor?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "for all future time",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'll always love you."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "if you say a person is always doing something, or something is always happening, you mean that they do it, or it happens, very often, and that this is annoying",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's always criticizing me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That phone's always ringing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Why are you always complaining about my cooking?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "used to suggest a possible course of action",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "If it doesn't fit, you can always take it back."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If he can't help, there's always John."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Suggestions and advice"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "as usually happens or is expected",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "As always, Polly was late for school."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "as usual"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that somebody cannot change",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Once an actor, always an actor."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɔːlweɪz/",
                "audio": "al/always/always__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɔːlweɪz/",
                "audio": "al/always/always__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: genitive case of all way, the inflection probably giving the sense ‘at every time’ as opposed to ‘at one uninterrupted time’: the difference between the two is no longer distinct."
}